Half-Caste and Nothing’s Changed Essay

Following that the third and fourth build up to the short fifth and sixth three line stanza turning round the rime showing that it isnt him that is half a person but the ones that are biased are. Both structures of the poem are quite different but some(prenominal) do use the structure as a climax. Both poems create different moods maybe because of the period of time. Also Nothings Changed is more serious. Half-Caste has both a humorous and questioning mood. Ah listening to yu wid de keen half of mih capitulum makes you think that it is ridiculous and wonder they are not half a person.By saying outrageous things like that John creates a mood. In contrast Tatamkhulu isnt humorous in Nothings Changed but in a protesting manner. Half-Caste is in a Caribbean dialect which makes it a quite fast paced poem. The rhythm is relatively exhilarating. The set phrase Explain yuself wha yu mean is emphasised because of the dialect and is repeated potful as well. John discontinues importance t o this phrase because he is reaching out to the reader to make them understand why people judge mixed quickentrack people to be half- mannequine.He doesnt believe just because they are mixed race that they are half a person and by turning it around in the last stanzas he shows how it feels to go through what he goes through. However Nothings Changed has nor a lively or upbeat step but more of a slow rhythm because then Tatamkhulu can emphasise most of the words in the poem because of the slow pace to it qualification the reader acknowledge every word and recognise his aim. The rhythm helps the reader value his rage in various parts of the poem such as and the hot, white, inwards turning peevishness in my eyes.Also the four consecutive ands in the 2nd stanza before the phrase quoted before really give the anger its climax. Nothings Changed captures all the words making you reflect about every line in more depth then usual. On the contrary Half-Caste being in a Caribbean dialect is more dynamic, but in this circumstance it helps the poem. For instance wid de whole of yu eye n de whole of yu ear an de whole of yu mind would be difficult to comprehend but reading it promptly and in a Caribbean dialect would make it comprehensible.Both poems paint pictures in your mind of images that John and Tatamkhulu create with their poetry. Nothings Changed give details to most of the environment in which the poet go through and come across, like when he is striding above the hard stones and amiable weeds. As a reader you can picture Tatamkhulu looking up from the grasses and have a image of a board saying District Six but then disappearing like it was never there but just in his minds eye. In addition his hands metamorphosing from his accustomed colour to white illustrating his fury, transforming the complete atmosphere very cold.Half-Caste alternatively doesnt produce images seen by John in real feeling but generating pictures of examples of features in the world that have a combination like half-caste weather or half-caste symphony. He constructs visions of a cast half-a-shadow of a half-caste human being. Half-Caste uses repetition for its secern features, in addition to catch the readers attention. It is also in a Caribbean dialect. John exploits the phrase Explain yuself wha yu mean. He emphasises his point by having a none stop twenty six line stanza which clarifies all his various fusions in life which are a mixture like half-caste canvas.In contrast Nothings Changed uses the structure as a approach to get his key features at certain points. No sign say it is but we know here we belong is isolated into a two line stanza. John Agard in a manner has an absolutely different right smart of expressing his key points. In conclusion both Half-Caste and Nothings Changed has very serious issues in which they bring through about. Both being from the party in which are being attacked. Being from different time periods makes it slightly diverse. Tat amkhulu has been influenced by his culture and background in the way that there were only non-whites and whites in that particular area.Taking that into consideration most non-whites would have despised all whites thinking all of them would be against them so the anger in his poem would explain that. Whereas Johns culture and background does have some bearing on his opinion but he in fact knows that not everyone would think of him as half a person to another human being or any other mixed race individual. Show preview only The above preview is unformatted text This student written piece of work is one of many that can be put together in our GCSE John Agard Half-Caste section.